Be prepared to play games - Consultant Capgemini Employee Review

3.0
Jul 24, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Big international company with job opportunities -Benefits and pay are competitive, IF you ask -Peers are mostly like-minded

Cons

-Participation in non-required activities and meetings like weekly touchpoints and monthly company community are weighed heavier than actual job performance in terms of who to promote. These are also events that people are expected to attend, regardless of other job responsibilities. -Promotions are 100% the result of favoritism, resulting in ill-prepared and unqualified people being placed in leadership positions. This leads to failure. -Many people here work their tails off, but aren't recognized unless their in inner-circles of team leads and project management. -Project management seems lost sometimes. Constantly chasing new ideas and discarding ones that work. -Projects have their own cliques that defend their own people. Ex: if one person is under-performing the group will defend them for months, making excuses to leadership -Effective strategies include "shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic"

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5.0
Jul 5, 2026
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Pros

Company provides training on soft skills and technical skills prior to placing on a project.

Cons

Client contracts can end unexpectedly so you may not get to work on a project long term and change from project to project.

1.0
Jun 30, 2026
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Recommend
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Pros

there are no pros for this company

Cons

I was laid off after spending several months on the bench, with "lack of available projects" cited as the reason. However, another consultant in the same role who was also without an active client engagement was retained. As a woman and racial minority, I could not ignore the disparity in how these decisions appeared to be made. Before my termination, I reported being recorded without my consent and raised concerns about conduct that I believed reflected implicit bias. I was referred to as "URM" instead of by my name or role, encouraged toward race based employee resource groups rather than meaningful career opportunities, and repeatedly advocated for fair project placement while on the bench. My employment ended shortly after I raised these concerns. Following my termination, I pursued the matter through the appropriate internal and legal channels. I provided documentation supporting my concerns and gave the company multiple opportunities to investigate and resolve the issues. Rather than meaningfully addressing the evidence or acknowledging the seriousness of the allegations, the company denied wrongdoing, offered what I viewed as a nominal severance, and declined to accept accountability. Employees deserve confidence that concerns about discrimination and retaliation will be investigated objectively and fairly. My experience left me with the opposite impression.

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